…insists ICPC re-arrested him without warrant The former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Adedibu Ojerinde, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to order his release from detention. Ojerinde, who is facing trial for allegedly diverting public funds totalling about N5billion, was on January 26, re-arrested at the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that no one can stop the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being sworn in as the President of Nigeria. He stated this against the backdrop of a statement credited to Cardinal John Onaiyekan that it doesn’t make sense for Tinubu to be sworn…
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi has called for an investigation into a viral video of police officers assaulting a man who refused to release his phone to them. A tweep on Wednesday shared a video of officers assaulting a man, tagging the accounts of the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos…
Mr Cisse Abdullahi, father of quadruplet (two boys and two girls) on Thursday appealed for financial assistance from Lagos State Government for the children’s upkeep. Abdullahi, 38, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapayi, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo, told newsmen that he needed the support of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other well-meaning Nigerians to…
More than 11,000 police officers will patrol London’s streets for King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, the biggest ceremonial event staged in the British capital for 70 years, and they are well prepared to handle any incident, officials said. Security forces have spent months preparing for the event, which about 100 heads of state will attend…
Wife of Osun State governor, Erelu Ngozi Adeleke on Thursday paid a visit to the survivors of Ode-Omu motor accident at Osun State Teaching Hospital (formerly LAUTECH), Osogbo. Recall that the crash which occurred last weekend claimed 16 lives and injured some passengers. Mrs Adeleke, who also sympathized with the families of those who lost…
President-elect, Bola Tinubu has dared his critics on social media to continue saying whatever they like on various online platforms, saying it is a free speech society. Tinubu insisted that his reason for telling the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, that he would not refund the cost of the flyovers he constructed in Rivers…
Nigerian evacuees from Sudan on Thursday received the sum of N100,000 cash, N25,000 worth of recharge cards and 1.5gb of data each upon their return to the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday morning. According to Punch report, the returnees arrived in…
Big Brother Naija reality star, Angel Smith has sparked diverse reactions with her latest post on her Twitter page. The 23-year-old reality TV star took to her Twitter page to share how she stopped worrying about a tomorrow that she may not make it to. Angel Smith emphasized that her life actually became better for…
Russia has accused the United States of America of being behind what it called an attempted assassination on Vladimir Putin, using two drones. The Kremlin had revealed in a statement on Wednesday that two unmanned drones had been “put out of action” in an overnight attack on Kremlin. Remnants of the downed drones fell inside…
